?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Creativity+as+Cognitive+design+%0D%0AThe+case+of+mesoscopic+variables+in+Meta-Structures%0D%0A&rft.creator=Licata%2C+Prof.+Ignazio&rft.creator=Minati%2C+Prof.++Gianfranco&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=Creativity+is+an+open+problem+which+has+been+differently+approached+by+several+disciplines+since+a+long+time.+In+this+contribution+we+consider+as+creative+the+constructivist+design+an+observer+does+on+the+description+levels+of++complex+phenomena%2C+such+as+the+self-organized+and+emergent+ones+(+e.g.%2C+B%C3%A8nard+rollers%2C+Belousov-Zhabotinsky+reactions%2C++flocks%2C+swarms%2C+and+more+radical+cognitive+and+social+emergences).+We+consider+this+design+as+related+to+the+Gestaltian+creation+of+a+language+fit+for+representing+natural+processes+and+the+observer+in+an+integrated+way.+Organised+systems%2C+both+artificial+and++most++of+the+natural+ones+are+designed%2F+modelled++according+to+a+logical+closed+model+which+masters+all+the+inter-relation+between+their+constitutive+elements%2C+and+which+can+be+described+by+an+algorithm+or+a+single+formal+model.+We+will+show+there+that+logical+openness+and+DYSAM+(Dynamical+Usage+of+Models)+are+the+proper+tools++for+those++phenomena+which+cannot+be++described+by+algorithms+or+by+a+single+formal+model.+The+strong+correlation+between+emergence+and+creativity+suggests+that+an+open+model+is+the+best+way+to+provide+a+formal+definition+of+creativity.+A+specific+application+relates+to+the+possibility+to+shape+the+emergence+of+Collective+Behaviours.+Different+modelling+approaches+have+been+introduced%2C+based+on+symbolic+as+well+as+sub-symbolic+rules+of+interaction+to+simulate+collective+phenomena+by+means+of+computational+emergence.+Another+approach+is+based+on+modelling+collective+phenomena+as+sequences+of+Multiple+Systems+established+by+percentages+of+conceptually+interchangeable+agents+taking+on+the+same+roles+at+different+times+and+different+roles+at+the+same+time.+In+the+Meta-Structures+project+we+propose+to+use+mesoscopic+variables+as+creative+design%2C+invention%2C+good+continuity+and+imitation+of+the+description+level.+In+the+project+we+propose+to+define+the+coherence+of+sequences+of+Multiple+Systems+by+using+the+values+taken+on+by+the+dynamic+mesoscopic+clusters+of+its+constitutive+elements%2C+such+as+the+instantaneous+number+of+elements+having%2C+in+a+flock%2C+the+same+speed%2C+distance+from+their+nearest+neighbours%2C+direction+and+altitude.+In+Meta-Structures+the+collective+behaviour%E2%80%99s+coherence+corresponds%2C+for+instance%2C+to+the+scalar+values+taken+by+speed%2C+distance%2C+direction+and+altitude+along+time%2C+through+statistical+strategies+of+interpolation%2C+quasi-periodicity%2C+levels+of+ergodicity+and+their+reciprocal+relationship.+In+this+case+the+constructivist+role+of+the+observer+is+considered+creative+as+it+relates+to+neither+non-linear+replication+nor+transposition+of+levels+of+description+and+models+used+for+artificial+systems%2C+like+reductionism.+Creativity+rather+lies+in+inventing+new+mesoscopic+variables+able+to+identify+coherent+patterns+in+complex+systems.+As+it+is+known%2C+mesoscopic+variables+represent+partial+macroscopic+properties+of+a+system+by+using+some+of+the+microscopic+degrees+of+freedom+possessed+by+composing+elements.+Such+partial+usage+of+microscopic+as+well+as+macroscopic+properties+allows+a+kind+of+Gestaltian+continuity+and+imitation+between+levels+of+descriptions+for+mesoscopic+modelling.+%0D%0A%0D%0A&rft.publisher=Nova+Publisher&rft.date=2009-09-18&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6637%2F1%2FCreativityasDesign-NOVA.pdf&rft.identifier=++Licata%2C+Prof.+Ignazio+and+Minati%2C+Prof.+Gianfranco++(2009)+Creativity+as+Cognitive+design+The+case+of+mesoscopic+variables+in+Meta-Structures.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6637%2F